Every social state supposes... a certain number and a certain order of crimes, these being merely the necessary consequences of its organisation. This observation. (Adolphe Quetelet)

Every social state supposes... a certain number and a certain order of crimes, these being merely the necessary consequences of its organisation. This observation.

Adolphe Quetelet

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